sustenance
What maintains life
Sustenance is what keeps you alive—food, nourishment, the basic requirements for survival: The refugees had no sustenance for days.
The word extends to anything that maintains or supports: She found sustenance in her faith.
Sustenance emphasizes the essential nature of what's provided, not abundance or pleasure.
Occasion for nourishment
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- fareTransport payment
- victualsFood and drink
rations · edibles · foodstuffs · cuisine · groceries · repast · feast · nutrition
Food that sustains life
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- solaceRelief from distress
- strengthPower to exert force
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
inspiration · hope · faith · fulfillment · renewal · restoration · uplift · nurturing
State of being real
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- self-preservationInstinct to survive danger
resourcefulness · foraging · rationing · scarcity · hunger · famine · hardship · bare necessities
meal
Occasion for nourishment
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- fareTransport payment
victuals · rations · edibles · foodstuffs · cuisine · groceries · repast · feast · nutrition · refreshment
nourishment
Food that sustains life
encouragement · inspiration · hope · faith · fulfillment · renewal · restoration · uplift · nurturing · soul food
existence
State of being real
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
self-preservation · resourcefulness · foraging · rationing · scarcity · hunger · famine · hardship · bare necessities · scraping by
support
To uphold or sustain
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- upkeepOngoing preservation effort
- livingCurrently having breath
keep · means · income · welfare · alimony · allowance · aid · assistance · provision · backing
sustenancestarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
hunger · famine · malnutrition · want · deprivation
sustenancejunk food
Low-nutrition processed snacks
empty calories · poison · toxin · pablum · pap
sustenancepoison
Harmful ingested substance
toxin · destruction · depletion · exhaustion · harm
substance, sustain, substantial, sustained, sustainable, sustaining, subsistence, subsist, sustains